Michigan #4 In South Region, Facing South Dakota State In Auburn Hills
4 seed playing South Dakota St
(Slight Mod Edit - the one thread will suffice, of course. LSA)
Two seasons ago for one. Loved that game, esp living in TN.
I'll take VCU or Akron over a lot of possible matchups. Would you rather face a major-conference team in the second round?
VCU is very athletic and forces a lot ot tournovers. Michigan will have to focus on defense for that game as VCU can hang with Michigan's offense. Akron would be easier after losing their PG a few games ago. VCU has a has a chance to go far this year if they have the right match ups with their up tempo offense and defense. Half court teams will give them trouble.
Well...the reality is:
If we can't beat South Dakota State, VCU, or Akron, then we don't deserve to advance. That's how the tourney works.
This isn't about playing teams that are worse than you; it's about proving that you're better than your opponent.
We should just take this and feel lucky that we're playing in Auburn Hills.
As you were.
Crap. I do not like this. South Dakota? They have that good point guard... and we've never dealt well with those this season. I hope I don't see another App. State. I think the NCAA knew we don't match up well and put us with them intentionally, remember who Gene Smith's roommate is???? And the NCAA punishes Miami, typical childish response. Miami got disrespected with that 2 seed and I thought we should've been a THREE at minimum.
~Herm
totally agree, after the lackluster effort in last year's tournament, I am predicting a nice run and matchup with Kansas!
If we win round one which we should at home, I think we match up well with VCU....they are an offensive team with poor rebounding and average defense....I would have been concerned if we had a team that resembles Wisconsin...and Kansas is an overrated seed IMO. I like our draw
UM underperforms against physical, defensive teams like MSU and Wisconsin. We do fine against smaller, more offense-oriented teams.
Average defense? What VCU team did you watch?
Yeah, we lost in the first round last year. The year before we trashed Tennessee by 30. Every year is different.
You're picking at the word choice rather than the message
You do realize that last year's team and this year's team consist of very different personnel? Everyone should relax. Michigan has proven to be more than a match for any team outside of it's conference and we're going to be reminded of that fact in the coming weeks.
lol someone would have cried about the match up if it was Duke or St. Bunkus prep.
be ready Thursday to win the first of 6 in a row!
VCU wants to play up-tempo. I'm OK with that. GRIII should have a big day.
Transition 3s. If he's on could bode well.
We should move all practices to the real Bil Davidson player development center this week...The Palace!
Dunk, dunk, dunk, & dunk
March 18th, 2013 at 12:12 AM ^
Spike only has 9 turnovers in 240 minutes, he's not Trey Burke but having a backup PG like Spike is a strength against pressing team.
What session do we need to buy tickets for?
So glad it's on Thursday/Saturday. I've got tickets for those days.
Michigan better be ready to play in round one. They are going against one of the top three point shooting teams in the country I believe.
Nate Wolters is an All-American PG for South Dakota St. Very good player, the matchup between him and Burke will be great.
Well....SECOND team All American PG.
it appears a lot of the uptempo teams are in the south; kansas, ucla, unc, fla. well, UM will get their chance to prove they are an uptempo team.
Scared of Kansas. Mostly because of Withey, won't be fun facing a 7 ft. center that we can't handle on D and is a good shot blocker on those Burke forays to the hoop
If we are playing Kansas, we are in the Sweet 16. Worrying about match-ups seems a little silly to me, especially for the projected third game of the tournament.
Think we'll handle VCU fine if we get past Wolters.
March 17th, 2013 at 11:31 PM ^
http://www.freep.com/article/20130317/SPORTS08/130317053/western-michig…
We'd do well, but it would be like this
Does anyone know what time we play thursday ?